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joining me now is michelle cottle, washington correspondent for newsweek and the daily beast and alicia menendez. thank you for joining me. >> thanks, rev. >> michelle, how hard is it for romney to dodge these questions for the next two weeks? >> two weeks? you know, i know he's probably waking up some mornings going, how did i get into this party? first he has to deal with todd akin, now he's got to deal with mourdock. i don't think the press corps is going to let this go. why is he ducking it, how long is he going to duck it? we don't have any debates left to distract us. this is the crazy season in the campaign. it would be better if he came out and addressed it and got it over with. >> alicia, can he duck it for two weeks or is he going to duck it once and for all? >> it means that they've made a calculated decision that they are not going to talk about it and what is really sad is that we continue to talk about ex acceptings leads us away from the major conversation which is that in the case of 90% of abortions, mitt romney would want those abortions to be illegal. that's the conve
joining me now is michelle cottle, washington correspondent for newsweek and the daily beast and alicia menendez. thank you for joining me. >> thanks, rev. >> michelle, how hard is it for romney to dodge these questions for the next two weeks? >> two weeks? you know, i know he's probably waking up some mornings going, how did i get into this party? first he has to deal with todd akin, now he's got to deal with mourdock. i don't think the press corps is going to let this go....
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joining me now is michelle cottle, washington correspondent for newsweek and the daily beast and jamal simmons, democratic principle at the raven group. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> michelle, let me start with you. 14 days to go, what's the key in this final sprint? >> well, debates are over, a lot of it is going to come down to ground game in tight races. it always does. romney says he's avoiding media interviews. he's going to not commit a gaffe. he's done what he needed to do. he's put himself out there as a reasonable reasonable alternative and now he needs to not put his foot in his mouth. obama needs to get out there to look energetic and engaged like he really wants people's votes. >> now, jamal, i keep hearing this thing about momentum and, yes, the race is tightening but when we look at the poll averages in nine key swing states, president obama leads in five states. ohio, new hampshire, nevada, wisconsin. romney leads in three states. florida, colorado, north carolina, virginia is a tie. now, nbc news poll lit cal unit says if obama wins,
joining me now is michelle cottle, washington correspondent for newsweek and the daily beast and jamal simmons, democratic principle at the raven group. thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> michelle, let me start with you. 14 days to go, what's the key in this final sprint? >> well, debates are over, a lot of it is going to come down to ground game in tight races. it always does. romney says he's avoiding media interviews. he's going to not commit...
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folks, politics can be an ugly affair but this kind of stuff has to and michelle cottle, washington correspondent for the daily beast. thanks you both for joining me. >> let's get back to this t-shirt. are you surprised to see this kind of thing at a presidential campaign in the year 2012? >> i'm surprised that they allowed the person to get into the interior of the event and surprised that they didn't notice that a photographer was taking a picture of it. but i'm not sure that that sentiment is around race and other birtherism directed at the president really does reside in the republican party. >> now, michelle, when we see tommy thompson's son telling this kenya not so funny joke, we've seen it before. i might remind people that making a birther joke about president obama. let me play it for you, michelle. >> i heard someone suggest that the other day that as soon as president obama releases his grades and birth certificate and sort of a long lils of things, then make he'd do it. >> now, what's the play here? what are they doing? what game are we playing with all of this unamerican, not americ
folks, politics can be an ugly affair but this kind of stuff has to and michelle cottle, washington correspondent for the daily beast. thanks you both for joining me. >> let's get back to this t-shirt. are you surprised to see this kind of thing at a presidential campaign in the year 2012? >> i'm surprised that they allowed the person to get into the interior of the event and surprised that they didn't notice that a photographer was taking a picture of it. but i'm not sure that that...
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joining me now is michelle cottle, washington correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast. and dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." thanks to you both for coming on tonight. dana, are zingers the answer for mitt romney? >> well, he has to beware the very perilous boomerang zinger. delivering in sort of the wrong way, then it looks canned, it looks contrived and that you're trying too hard. if he comes out and says, there you go again, you're going to hear a thumping sound and that's going to be me and everybody else pounding our heads on the table in the next room in the debate. he's wooden and stiff as it is. if he's seen as throwing down a line, that's much worse than skipping the zingers at all. i would just try to have an actual debate. >> michelle, it's pretty bad when you use a zinger and it doesn't even work but, to be honest, mitt romney's been talking and dealing with zingers for a long time. let me show you something about mitt romney and zingers going back a little bit. >> coming up with the best answers for the best zingers. and number two is being
joining me now is michelle cottle, washington correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast. and dana milbank, columnist for "the washington post." thanks to you both for coming on tonight. dana, are zingers the answer for mitt romney? >> well, he has to beware the very perilous boomerang zinger. delivering in sort of the wrong way, then it looks canned, it looks contrived and that you're trying too hard. if he comes out and says, there you go again, you're going to...
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joining me now is congresswoman january kakowski and michelle cottle, correspondent for "the daily beast ". thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> congresswoman, let me go to you first. newt gingrich admits governor romney has changed. how will he answer this in the next 29 days? >> well, we have to double down and demand the truth and who do you trust becomes the real question now but you can't going from saying we shouldn't hire more teachers to saying, i love teachers. we need more. you can't say you're against the dodd/frank bill and then say, oh, yes, wall street needs regulation. and you can't say that you're supportive of medicare when your plan is essentially to get rid of medicare as we know it, to end it and turn it into a voucher program that won't even keep up with inflation. we have to make sure that the truth gets out and we have to demand the answers from mitt romney. who are you? the president was right when he said, who was that guy that showed up on the debate night. >> michelle, isn't that the real point, despite some surrogates saying it's typical, is
joining me now is congresswoman january kakowski and michelle cottle, correspondent for "the daily beast ". thank you both for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> congresswoman, let me go to you first. newt gingrich admits governor romney has changed. how will he answer this in the next 29 days? >> well, we have to double down and demand the truth and who do you trust becomes the real question now but you can't going from saying we shouldn't hire more teachers to...
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in washington, michelle cottle of "newsweek" and the daily beast. msnbc political analyst karen finy, and in philadelphia professor james peterson of lehigh university. karen, if i can start with you, mr. sununu has distinguished himself as a co-chair of the romney campaign by being a sulfurous mass of sweat, bitterness, and halitosis, but isn't he using race here simply to get us away from the stark truth, the truth, that general powell believes mitt romney doesn't have a single policy that's worthy of support? >> absolutely, and we've actually seen this before. remember earlier in the campaign they tried to marginalize bill clinton when they recognize what an impact he was having. let's be very clear, john sununu left the federal government in disgrace. colin powell is one of our most decorated american heroes. he is a statesman in this country. he is well-respected not only in the private and public sector, he's respected and beloved by people who are white, black, pink, brown, male, female, if you're in the service, not -- >> he's respected arou
in washington, michelle cottle of "newsweek" and the daily beast. msnbc political analyst karen finy, and in philadelphia professor james peterson of lehigh university. karen, if i can start with you, mr. sununu has distinguished himself as a co-chair of the romney campaign by being a sulfurous mass of sweat, bitterness, and halitosis, but isn't he using race here simply to get us away from the stark truth, the truth, that general powell believes mitt romney doesn't have a single...
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. >> joining us from washington is michelle cottle correspondent for news week and jonathan capehart, an opinion writer for "the washington post." john, if i might begin with you, psychological studies tell us that we tend to make the most radical changes in our lives up until our 23rd birthday on average, but thereafter it gets increasingly difficult to change. the republican nominee is 65. after hearing him denigrate half the population, are we supposed to believe he now feels nothing but affection for all of us. >> epiphany is probably that the election is 32 days away, and if he hopes to win, he's got to change a whole lot of things about himself and his message to make that happen. i mean, quite frankly, i'm mystified by the mitt romney we saw at the debate and the mitt romney who is now saying that he was completely wrong about trashing 47% of the country. how is it possible that a man who has been running for president for six years is having these personality conversions all within the span of a few days or a few hours. >> that's a very good question, john. i wish i could answ
. >> joining us from washington is michelle cottle correspondent for news week and jonathan capehart, an opinion writer for "the washington post." john, if i might begin with you, psychological studies tell us that we tend to make the most radical changes in our lives up until our 23rd birthday on average, but thereafter it gets increasingly difficult to change. the republican nominee is 65. after hearing him denigrate half the population, are we supposed to believe he now feels...
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cottle, washington correspondent for "daily beast." thank you both for joining me. michelle, mitt romney doesn't like to give specifics, but when it comes to big bird, no problem. >> well, no problem except it was one of the few memorable moments of the debates and everybody jumped on it and you have all of these big bird jokes making the rounds which can get people thinking. so what else is he going to cut? he's been very, very careful not to get into specifics. and let's face it, you know, firing big bird's not going to close the gaps in the numbers that he's talking about. his budget will call for cuts in lots of other very serious programs and you tonight want people to start thinking about the specifics because while the idea of cutting government always appeals, when you start talking about programs that people like, they start to get really twitchy. >> that may be why he won't get specific, but i will. mr. corn, let's go to you. the federal subsidy for pbs in 2012 doesn't make up a huge part of this deficit. for example, 2012, t
cottle, washington correspondent for "daily beast." thank you both for joining me. michelle, mitt romney doesn't like to give specifics, but when it comes to big bird, no problem. >> well, no problem except it was one of the few memorable moments of the debates and everybody jumped on it and you have all of these big bird jokes making the rounds which can get people thinking. so what else is he going to cut? he's been very, very careful not to get into specifics. and let's face...